The City That Never Sleeps
On view at 511 Gallery
February 21 - May 1, 2025
511 Gallery is pleased to present The City That Never Sleeps ,
with an opening reception on Friday, February 21st from 6 to 8 p.m.
Lucy Levene, Structure (from the series Nightshift) 2004, c-print, 36 x 43 inches
511 Gallery is pleased to present The City That Never Sleeps, a group exhibition of photographs, paintings, and prints from the nineteenth through the twenty-first centuries that explore the identities, characters, and spirits of ten large urban centers of America and Europe with no “little-town blues” whatsoever.
As New Yorkers, we are used to the ups and downs of our city's economy, governments, and reputation. We recognize too that other large and diversely populated cities in America as well as on other continents experience similar volatility. Right now, however, it is in our country, under a new President, that our largest, most populated, and most diverse cities, are being singled out for not only verbal abuse but now also for proactive financial and legislative attack.
Fortunately, New York and, indeed, most large cities and their populations are alert and awake. In recognition of that 24/7 vigilance, we are presenting the exhibition, The City That Never Sleeps, a description that perhaps began in a song about New York, New York, but which we extend visually to include nine other cities – Los Angeles, London, New Orleans, Berlin, Chicago, Edinburgh, Venice, Paris, and Rome – that work and play long before and after the day is done.
Marian Moratinos, Untitled (from the series Artificial Order) 2007, silkscreen on paper, 6 x 20 inches